North Korean forces have likely lost over 6,000 troops during offensive combat operations against Ukrainian forces in Russia’s Kursk region, - UK intelligence According to British intelligence, total losses amount to more than half of the approximately 11,000 North Korean troops that were initially deployed to Kursk region. Open-source reports indicate that North Korea has since deployed a limited number of additional troops to the area, the report states. “Significant DPRK casualty rates have almost certainly been sustained primarily through large, highly attritional dismounted assaults,” the report notes.